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The fractional thermal loading in diode-end-pumped Q-switched lasers was estimated from the theory of cavity stability. The experimental results show that the thermal loading depends on the pulse-repetition rate. This dependence is attributed to the effect of energy-transfer upconversion (ETU). A theoretical model including the ETU effect was developed to analyze the fractional thermal loading in end-pumped Q-switched lasers. The theoretical predictions were found to be in good agreement with the experimental data.
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Received: 16 November 1999 / Revised version: 4 January 2000 / Published online: 24 March 2000
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Lan, Y., Chen, Y. & Wang, S. Repetition-rate dependence of thermal loading in diode-end-pumped Q-switched lasers: influence of energy-transfer upconversion . Appl Phys B 71, 27–31 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00021155
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00021155